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If you have a C compiler you can make a small application called setnumlock that can turn numlock on for you. Download this ftp://ftp.silug.org/pub/ltsp/setnumlock.tar.gz and untar it then cd into it, compile and install it, change the permissions so ordinary users can use it and then get gnome to run it every time you log in
Code:
tar xzf setnumlock.tar.gz
cd setnumlock
make
su
password
make install
chmod 755 /usr/bin/setnumlock
exit
gnome-session-properties
Click the Startup Programs tab then click Add+, enter setnumlock into the box and click OK
Yeah I got the same problem. Luckily Mandrake runs a "numlock" item during boot that allows me to specify this as "on" -- maybe you should have a look among your RPMs to see if "numlock" is included in your distro as well. I hope so.
Your directions were flawless. I'm new to Linux (though I did run a UNIX box in the 90's) and was also mortified at the word "compile".
So I followed your steps, and it worked. First time. Even added it to my AUTOEXEC, I mean STARTUP, I mean... what's that MSCONFIG-esque utility called in Gnome...?
Thanks, Again
Eric Isbrucker
Now if I could only figure out how to print to the laser on the XP machine.
THANKS Pollk
adding a line to /etc/sysconfig/keyboard
KBD_NUMLOCK="yes"
worked for me
On my laptop I had SETNUMLOCK in my etc/bashrc and I think it would work on an attached keyboard if I didn't want to use the keybord on the laptop.. you don't want numlock on on a laptop
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